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Can an email go 500 miles in 2025?

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303 points zdw | 2 comments | 04 Jul 25 16:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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strangescript ◴[08 Jul 25 14:06 UTC] No.44500115[source]▶
Reading the title and knowing exactly what this is about kind of makes me feel old to be honest.
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1. r0uv3n ◴[08 Jul 25 16:04 UTC] No.44501285[source]▶
I think this is enough of a classic to be widely known even among younger people. I'm 23 (doing math msc) and I think all the CS people that I know would instantly recognize the 500 miles title.

Though I do somewhat envy the possibility of having read the article close to publication and feel in some sense part of the history when it crops up again like this.

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2. cedws ◴[09 Jul 25 12:36 UTC] No.44509295[source]▶
It’s a HN classic, any HN addict knows it.